Rabbi Nechemya Weberman Loses Appeal
A court on Wednesday tossed out two counts of sex abuse against a Brooklyn counselor convicted of child molestation — but he will still rot in jail for the rest of his life.
Rabbi Moshe Taubenfeld Daughter Testify Bolsters Prosecution
NEW CITY – Rockland Rabbi Moshe Menachem Taubenfeld’s daughter took the stand for the defense Wednesday in his sex-abuse trial.
Rabbi Moshe Levinger Passes Away
Leading religious-Zionist figure Rabbi Moshe Levinger – one of the founders of the Gush Emunim settlement movement and founder of the modern-day Jewish community in Hevron, passed away Saturday, aged 80.
Rabbi Moshe Dovid Niederman Addressing Satmar Anti-Israel Rally In NYC
Hundreds of Satmar Chassidim gathered outside the United Nations (UN) in New York on Thursday to protest to Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu as he addressed the UN General Assembly. The following is a clip of the event during the address of Rabbi Moshe Dovid Niederman.
DetailsRabbi Mordechai Wolmark Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Get Extortion
Trenton, NJ – An Orthodox rabbi was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison for his role in a ring of Jewish men who used brutal methods and tools, including handcuffs and electric cattle prods, to torture unwilling husbands into granting their wives religious divorces.
Rabbi Mendel Tevel Sentenced To one Year In Prison on Sex Abuse Charges
Nearly two years after his arrest in Beverly Hills on sexual abuse charges, Mendel Tevel was sentenced on June 8 in a Brooklyn court to one year in prison, a spokesperson with the Brooklyn district attorney’s office confirmed with the Jewish Journal.
Rabbi Mendel Tevel Pleads Guilty To Sex Abuse Charges
Mendel Tevel, who was arrested in Beverly Hills in Oct. 2013 and then extradited to Brooklyn on charges of sexual abuse stemming from an Apr. 2007 incident, pleaded guilty in a New York courtroom before Judge Elizabeth Foley on Apr. 24 to two counts of criminal sexual acts in the third degree, according to Lupe…
DetailsRabbi Mendel Epstein’s Attorneys Ask For Mistrial, Judge Says No
TRENTON, N.J. – A federal judge has rejected a request by defense lawyers to declare a mistrial in the case of an Orthodox rabbi accused in New Jersey of using brutal tactics to force unwilling Jewish men to divorce their wives.
Rabbi Mendel Epstein Wanted $60K To Get Divorce For Woman, Attorney Testifies
TRENTON — The attorney for a Pennsylvania woman who wanted a religious divorce said Monday that a Lakewood rabbi instructed her family to pay the rabbi $60,000 as part of his attempt to secure her divorce.
Rabbi Mendel Epstein Used Electric Cattle To Force Husbands Into Jewish Divorces
This is the shocking moment an Orthodox Jewish rabbi known as the ‘Prodfather’ was caught on camera offering to torture husbands into divorcing their wives as part of an FBI sting.